Electronic Poker is a favored game that usually will be gambled on in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, using a net connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the greatest combination of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of five cards will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the player would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he would like to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that discerning gamblers are able to pick the most profitable ones every time.

Once the first round has completed, the player can either choose to stay on in an attempt to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that has been won. Additionally, several styles of the game allow the gambler a chance to increase their profits, in which situation another round is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.